Abstract Study of Microbiological Quality of Local Products in Mahasarakham
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“One Tambon One Product” project has been advocated in rural development strategy by Thai government since 2001. The Thai Community Product Standard has arranged to control the quality of products. Since food is the most productive local product, thus the microbiological standard is the most important standard for quality control. The objective of this study was to determine microbiological quality of food products in Mahasarakham. Eleven samples of products including 3 mulberry leaf tea samples, 1 packed dried rice sample (Kao-Tan), 2 fried sweet potato samples (Mun-Tod or Mun-Rung-Nok), 3 fried banana samples (Kluay-Charb or Kluay-Tod-Krob), 1 mulberry juice sample, and 1 mulberry leaf tea juice sample were chosen. Methods of microbiological tests were performed according to the community product standard of each sample type. Results showed that seven samples (63.63%) passed whereas 4 samples (36.36%) did not pass. These samples had problem with fungal contamination and one of them did not pass due to the problem of microbial contamination.
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